Boeing has won a $131 million contract from the US Air Force and the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency to develop two unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs), the second phase of its technology demonstrator programme. The UCAV is a tailless 9m-long, 10m-span, 3.6t aircraft with a reconfigurable mission system. Boeing will build and fly a demonstrator by 2002. The government is funding $110 million of the $131 million project cost and Boeing the remainder.
Source: Flight International